The Ogre (1996)
Der Unhold (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 58min
- Drama
- 12 Sep 1996 (Germany)
- Movie
Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against the grown-ups. Falsely suspected as child molester, he's recruited as a soldier in the 2nd World War, but very soon he is taken prisoner of war. After shortly...
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| John Malkovich | ... |
Abel Tiffauges
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| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... |
Count von Kaltenborn
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| Gottfried John | ... |
Chief Forester
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| Marianne Sägebrecht | ... |
Frau Netta
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| Volker Spengler | ... |
Fieldmarshall Göring
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| Heino Ferch | ... |
SS-Officer Raufeisen
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| Dieter Laser | ... |
Professor Blättchen
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| Agnès Soral | ... |
Rachel
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Sasha Hanau | ... |
Martine
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Luc Florian | ... |
Prisoner of War
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Laurent Spielvogel | ... |
Prisoner of War
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| Marc Duret | ... |
Prisoner of War
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Philippe Sturbelle | ... |
Prisoner of War
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| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... |
Lawyer
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| Jacques Ciron | ... |
State Attorney
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| Simon McBurney | ... |
Brigadier
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| Patrick Floersheim | ... |
Police Inspector
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Caspar Salmon | ... |
Young Abel
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Daniel Smith | ... |
Nestor
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Ryan O'Leary | ... |
Clément
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Ilja Smoljanski | ... |
Ephraim
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Lars Albiez | ... |
Lothar
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Claude Degen | ... |
Priest
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Thierry Monfray | ... |
Teacher
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| Jacques Brunet | ... |
Principal at School
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| Sylvie Huguel | ... |
Martine's Mother
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| Erick Deshors | ... |
Hervé
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| Jérôme Keen | ... |
Abel's Client
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Lyèce Boukhitine | ... |
Ahmed
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| Christine Paolini | ... |
Nestor's Mother
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Maximilian Haas | ... |
Napola Boy
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Robert Beyer | ... |
Napola Boy
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Norman Daugs | ... |
Napola Boy
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| Joachim Paul Assböck | ... |
Messenger Officer
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| Bartosz Obuchowicz | ... |
Country Boy
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| Malgorzata Rozniatowska | ... |
Country Boy's Mother
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| Piotr Grabowski | ... |
German Soldier
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| Andrzej Szenajch | ... |
Old Naploa-Teacher
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Lothar Pinnig | ... |
Naploa-Teacher
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Norbert Rakowski | ... |
SS-Mann
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| Ilja Zmiejew | ... |
Russian Officer
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Teemu Lahtinen | ... |
Section leader (uncredited)
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Piotr Mielnik | ... |
Goering's servant (uncredited)
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Pierre-Benoist Varoclier | ... |
Child at the boarding school (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Volker Schlöndorff | ||
Written by
| Michel Tournier | ... | (novel "Le Roi des Aulnes") |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | ... | () and |
| Volker Schlöndorff | ... | () |
Produced by
| Chris Auty | ... | associate producer |
| Claude Berri | ... | executive producer |
| Pierre Couveinhes | ... | associate producer |
| Andreas Grosch | ... | executive producer |
| Gebhard Henke | ... | producer |
| Lew Rywin | ... | executive producer |
| Rainer Simon | ... | associate producer |
| Jeremy Thomas | ... | executive producer |
| Ingrid Windisch | ... | producer |
Music by
| Michael Nyman | ||
Cinematography by
| Bruno de Keyzer | ||
Editing by
| Nicolas Gaster | ||
| Peter Przygodda | ||
Editorial Department
| Daniela Boch | ... | assistant editor |
| Etienne Boussac | ... | first assistant editor |
| Kerstin Dyroff | ... | post-production assistant |
Casting By
| Karin Beewen | ||
Production Design by
| Ezio Frigerio | ||
| Susanne Hein | ||
| Heinz Röske | ||
Art Direction by
| Didier Naert | ||
| Grzegorz Piatkowski | ||
Costume Design by
| Anna B. Sheppard | ||
Makeup Department
| Xenia Felgendreher | ... | additional makeup artist |
| Peter Owen | ... | hair stylist: John Malkovich |
| Axel Zornow | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Arlette Danis | ... | production manager |
| Kerstin Dyroff | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Dorothea Hildebrandt | ... | production manager |
| Piotr Kolodziejczyk | ... | 2nd production manager |
| Michal Szczerbic | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Marek Brodzki | ... | assistant director |
| Marcel Just | ... | first assistant director |
| Andi Lang | ... | assistant director |
| Schoko Okroy | ... | first assistant director: second unit |
Art Department
| Eric Bourges | ... | construction coordinator |
| Bertrand Clercq-Roques | ... | assistant art director (as Bertrand Clerq-Roques) |
| Hélène Dubreuil | ... | trainee |
| Jean-Michel Ducourty | ... | first assistant art director |
| Dierk Grahlow | ... | assistant construction manager |
| Bernhard Henrich | ... | props |
| Axel Kahnt | ... | property master |
| Susanne Kleinlein | ... | painter |
| Robert Krüger | ... | scenic artist |
| Heinz Röske | ... | set builder |
| Patrick Schmitt | ... | prop buyer |
| Torsten Schwartz | ... | lead plasterer |
| Julia Thomas | ... | property master |
| Waldemar Weiss | ... | construction coordinator |
| Berndt Wenzel | ... | lead plasterer |
| Andreas Herberg | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Manfred Arbter | ... | sound mixer |
| Jim Corcoran | ... | boom operator |
| Steven Ghouti | ... | boom operator |
| Rodney Glenn | ... | sound editor |
| Karl-Heinz Laabs | ... | sound |
| Uwe Lauterkorn | ... | foley editor |
| Sarah Morton | ... | dialogue editor |
Special Effects by
| Markus Geiger | ... | special effects technician |
| Michael Luppino | ... | special effects technician |
| Gerd Nefzer | ... | special effects technician (as Gerd Feuchter) |
| Uli Nefzer | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Waldemar Pokromski | ... | special effects makeup |
| Bernd Wildau | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Seb Caudron | ... | digital compositor |
| Ricardo Herling | ... | colorist |
| Antoine Simkine | ... | visual effects executive producer: Duboi |
| Thomas Duval | ... | compositing supervisor (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Alain Gaudiard | ... | stunts (as Alain Gaudlard) |
| Christian Hening | ... | stunts |
| Jean-Loup Michou | ... | stunts |
| Roland Neunreuther | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Eric Gies | ... | electrician |
| Rodolphe Gonckel | ... | electrician |
| Dirk-Martin Heinzelmann | ... | first assistant camera |
| Martin Kenzie | ... | camera operator |
| Daniel Leterrier | ... | second assistant camera |
| Michael Sutor | ... | animal cinematographer |
| Dieter Welsch | ... | additional camera operator |
| Oliver Ziebe | ... | still photographer |
Casting Department
| Leo Davis | ... | casting associate |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Gudrun Leyendecker | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Ingrid Weiss | ... | wardrobe: John Malkovich |
Music Department
| Nigel Barr | ... | musician: bass trombone and tuba |
| Andrew Berryman | ... | musician: trombone |
| Nigel Black | ... | musician: horn and wagner tuba |
| Dominik Bollen | ... | music editor |
| Richard Clews | ... | musician: horn and wagner tuba |
| Gisela Critschow | ... | music supervisor |
| Chris Davies | ... | musician: horn and wagner tuba |
| Michael J. Dutton | ... | music engineer |
| Martin Elliott | ... | music editor |
| Andrew Findon | ... | musician: baritone saxophone, flute and piccolo (as Andy Findon) |
| Paul Gargham | ... | musician: horn and wagner tuba |
| Nigel Gomm | ... | musician: trumpet and flugelhorn |
| Simon Haram | ... | musician: soprano saxophone and alto saxophone |
| John Harle | ... | musician: soprano saxophone and alto saxophone |
| Gary Kettel | ... | musician: drums |
| David Lee | ... | musician: horn and wagner tuba |
| Michael Nyman | ... | music producer |
| Steve Sidwell | ... | musician: trumpet, piccolo trumpet and fluegelhorn |
Script and Continuity Department
| Thomas Hezel | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Eve Kirchner | ... | production driver |
| Hartmut Kraft | ... | production driver |
Additional Crew
| Werner Bergemann | ... | uniforms |
| Jerzy Celinski | ... | horse trainer |
| Claudia Davids | ... | production accountant |
| Thomas Duval | ... | compositing supervisor |
| Elzbieta Heleniak | ... | administrator |
| Katja Hoerstmann | ... | assistant to producer |
| Pierre-Alain Hubert | ... | fireworks |
| Daniel Huhn | ... | trainee |
| Stephan Mallmann | ... | business affairs: Recorded Picture Company |
| Christophe Mazodier | ... | personal assistant to the director |
| Sandrine Molto | ... | production administration |
| Feliks Pastusiak | ... | production coordinator |
| Ursula Schlieper | ... | production accountant (as Uschi Schlieper) |
| Bill Timoney | ... | loop group: all ancillary voices |
| Harro von Have | ... | legal counsel: producer |
| Tatjana Zimek | ... | animal trainer |
| David H. Kramer | ... | adr loop group (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Studio Babelsberg
- Renn Productions
- Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
- France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (co-production)
- Canal+ (in association with)
- Heritage Films (in association with)
- UFA Babelsberg (in association with)
Distributors
- AMLF (1996) (France) (theatrical)
- Atlantis Entertainment (1998) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Cable Hogue Co. (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
- TOBIS Film (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
- Filmwerte (2015) (Germany)
- Galileo Medien (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Kino International (1998) (United States)
- Medusa Distribuzione
- Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Sogepaq Distribución (Spain)
- Spentzos Film Home Video (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Studio Babelsberg (sound stages)
- Theaterkunst (costume rental)
- Theaterkunst (costume)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against the grown-ups. Falsely suspected as child molester, he's recruited as a soldier in the 2nd World War, but very soon he is taken prisoner of war. After shortly serving in Goerings hunting lodge, he becomes the dogsbody in Kaltenborn Castle, an elite training camp for German boys. Completely happy to take care of these children, he becomes a servant of Nazism, catching boys from the area as supplies for the camp.
Written by Frank Wallner |
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Did You Know?
| Goofs | Prior to the school fire, a caption says "Paris 1925". Upon his arrest as an adult, Abel, through his narration, remembers the fire as having happened "twenty years ago". This would place his adult scenes in 1945, but when he joins the French army after his arrest it is before the German occupation of Paris which would place his arrest in 1940. However, Abel is slow-witted and possibly does not have an accurate sense of time. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in John Malkovich (1998). See more » |
| Quotes |
Count von Kaltenborn:
This whole beautiful country, to which we have given our souls, is utterly doomed. It's going to be wiped out of human memory. Our entire heritage, even our name, our ancestors' names, wiped out, all wiped out! See more » |